Isaiah honeywell



@uiten ltutes geteld @fitta Letters Patent No. 745,362, dated February1,1, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN 4ISEIr-EUIES.

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Be it known that I, IsnIAH HONEYWELL, of Toledo, in the 'county of Tama,and State of Iowa, haveinvcnted a newend useful Improvement inBee-Hives;. and I do herehydeclare that' the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same,A reference being had' to the annexeddrawings,'making part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view, part of the top being represented esbroken away. Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection. i. The sameletters indicate identical parts in both the figures.'

A A are square boxes, with openings at A for the bees to enter the hive.They are closed upon= three sides, the fourthside having gratings, A. Bis a, metallic plate sliding between the grated ends of the boxes A,which are set one 'against the other. C C are caps resting upon a,honey-board, D, resting upon'the boxes A, and having a series oftransverse slots opening through it to form a, communication from thehivesA into the caps C. In the arrangement of the slots D end eeps'C,the middle box and slot are placed over the'gratcd partition A so thatby means of the bent end of the metallic plate B, inserted between theboxes, the bees may be shut o" from entering the middle cap, fromeitlierend of the hive, as may lie-desired. VBy means of the intermediatemetallic plate, the-hivemay be separated whenever it may bedesired;thus, when the hive is full, the parts may be seperated and a new set ofboxes be substituted in place ,of either, thus dividing the hive, andgiving each new apartments in which to Vcontinue their work. `So,too,when thev bees in eitherl of the subdivisions are found to be without aqueen, they may, by means of the slide, be excluded from part of thehive, andthe construction Vof drone-comb limited, until they areprovided with a. queen. A series of slats are placed Aacross the top oftheboxes immediately below the honey-board, which rests upon them, sothat the bees cannot build comb between the two. The caps are covered bythe top .cover E.

What I claim as my invention, und desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of the boxes A, metallic partition B, caps-C, cover E,and honey-board D, respectively, constructed and arranged. for usesubstantially as set forth. i

In testimony whereof, I havesigned my' name to this specification inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISAIAH HONEYWELL.

'Witnessesi D. VD. APPLEGATE, G. L. BAILEY.

